smrtas1 presents Is Congress Even Familiar With The Constitution? posted at Conservative Patriot HQ, saying, “As prominent conservatives and tea parties highlight potential constitutional issues for many of the Obama administration’s agenda items, liberals in Congress have been dusting off their copies of the US Constitution to defend the new laws they have passed or are pushing on the American people. However, while attempting to defend the assault on our freedoms, congressional liberals demonstrate again and again their lack of familiarity and basic understanding of our nations founding document.”

Liberal

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Limerick Ode To Clarence Thomas posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness, saying, “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is under scrutiny these days for conflicts of interest related to the Koch Brothers, the Federalist Society, and the Citizens United case. But today’s limerick and haiku will focus, instead, on the fact that Thomas hasn’t asked a single appellate hearing question in five years.”

Current Events

just4theplanet presents Climate Change: Affect on UK Infrastructure posted at Just 4 the Planet, saying, “Submissions by the National Grid have just been published by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra). The result – the possible flooding of railways and electricity substations.”

Politics

Michael S. Pearl presents The Heart of Islam posted at The Kindly Ones, saying, “This is actually about religion and politics, most especially the tension between Islamic Shari’ah and Western secularism.”

Oliver Wang presents 20 Stupidest Quotes To Come From Politicians posted at Top Online Colleges, saying, “It’s weirdly comforting that politicians of all ages and parties are able to say such agonizingly stupid things. Presidents tend to get the most press when it comes to gaffes — and some, like George W. Bush, are more a magnet for this than others — but the bottom line is that elected officials have been saying dumb things on the record for as long as we’ve had elections and records.”

Charlie Smith presents 10 Politicians Who’ve Done Time posted at Criminal Justice Degrees Guide, saying, “Despite the depressingly high rate with which most crooked politicians are able to skirt the big house, there are some public office-holders who find themselves behind bars after a series of ethically questionable dealings. Impropriety is happily bipartisan…”

From the Right

Scott Spiegel presents Obama’s Backward Strategy of Oppression posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “Liberals mocked George W. Bush’s “Forward Strategy of Freedom,” sneering that it was corny and idealistic, wouldn’t work, and didn’t suit exotic, backward, brown people who wouldn’t know what to do with liberty if it fell in their laps.”

Scott Spiegel presents How About Tackling Obesity in the Federal Budget? posted at Scott Spiegel, saying, “Obama has pledged to freeze domestic spending for the next five years. Since that means freezing spending at 2010 levels, which were 22% higher than bloated 2008 levels, Obama has done the equivalent of freezing the national diet at Michael Moore instead of Alec Baldwin.”